Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 11, 2011, 4:25 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 72 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2011, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 5:37 AM CDT
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
827 WWUS73 KDDC 110925 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 425 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING... .OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WAS SURGING NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. KSZ061-062-074>076-084>087-111300- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0018.110511T0925Z-110511T1300Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 425 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /325 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 8 AM. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS COULD EFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
363 WWUS73 KDDC 111037 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 537 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING... .OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WAS SURGING NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. KSZ061-062-074>076-084>087-111400- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110511T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0004.110511T1037Z-110511T1400Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 537 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /437 AM MDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH 9 AM. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH LIBERAL BY 6 AM AND THEN GARDEN CITY...LAKIN AND SUBLETTE BETWEEN 630 AM AND 730 AM. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS COULD AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ063-077-111400- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0004.110511T1037Z-110511T1400Z/ FINNEY-GRAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA 537 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING: STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH 9 AM. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH GARDEN CITY...LAKIN AND SUBLETTE BETWEEN 630 AM AND 730 AM. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG WINDS COULD AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 11, 5:37 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 11, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 35 min |
| May 11, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 23 min |
| May 11, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 44 min |
| May 11, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 35 min |
| May 11, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 45 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.